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shaggyzed

@shaggyzed@mas.to

They/she. Sapphic, nonbinary, transfeminine. 🏳️‍⚧️ Leftist. Anti-capitalist, antifascist, secular humanist. Pro-labor, pro-bodily autonomy. ✊ Metalhead. 🤘🏻 Loves purple. Lots of purple. Too much purple, really. 💜

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Impossible_PhD, to random
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I'm so excited for Lowell Pride tomorrow! It's the first Pride of the month and is also one of my very favorites.

Anyway, if you see me tomorrow, come and say hi! I'm torn on what I'm gonna wear, but it very well might be the blue silk dress with c-l-e-a-v-a-g-e.

shaggyzed,
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@Impossible_PhD I hope you have a good time! I'm planning on going to my first pride this weekend. Maybe even my second one. 😮

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    @rooster OMFG this entire thread is comedy gold 🤣 🤣 🤣 I LOVE IT!

    I wish I could contribute but sadly my femme voice is still pretty awful and I can only do a Maine "Down East" accent reliably. (Thanks Dad!) That wouldn't really fit in 😆

    Impossible_PhD, to random
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    I'll be taking next week off on SGW. Several reasons why, but generally busy. I'll be out of town for part of the weekend and....

    I bought a new car on Monday. My very first new car. For those who haven't, buying a new car is a Whole Fucking Process.

    So yeah. Taking the breather.

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    @Impossible_PhD Love the color!

    Impossible_PhD, to random
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    I shared this over on Bluesky because someone was wondering what it was like for me to look down.

    So...

    Pic.

    shaggyzed,
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    @Impossible_PhD Those two little straps be like “She cannae take much more o’ this! Ye cannae change th’ laws o’ physics!” in a Mr. Scott voice… :02smug: :blobcatsweats:

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    Have you ever wondered what an anime that was the fever-dream love child of Ghost in the Shell and Blade Runner might look like? Especially if it was made at the height of the cyberpunk swell in the mid-90s? And what if it had Big Trans Themes, both transfem and transmasc?

    Armitage III is that anime.

    And it's available to stream for free from the internet archive.

    https://archive.org/details/armitage-iii/Armitage+III+Episode+1.mp4

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    @Impossible_PhD I confess I'm still a bit of a sub snob 😆 but I'll take a good dub. They've improved so much in the past several years.

    DivineKestrel, to random
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    *Slides on lace panties

    *Snaps stockings onto garter belt.

    *Puts on violently red lipstick

    *Pulls on low-cut, backless dress

    *Steps into stiletto heels

    *Walks into the IT convention speaking loudly

    "Why aren't there any lesbian characters in Star Trek?!"

    shaggyzed,
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    @Willow @DivineKestrel She's Erica Ortegas. She flies the ship.
    COMPUTER (offscreen): bleeps Affirmative.

    Impossible_PhD, to random
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    I just learned that Naomi Wu, that sexycyborg lady creator, was raised as a boy because of China's One Child policy.

    And that it is because she was raised and had to live as a boy that she found a hyperfeminine, and particularly a super-busty, body to be extremely resonant.

    Looks down at her own tits.

    I... I'm just gonna sit with that for a little while.

    Wow.

    shaggyzed,
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    @Impossible_PhD Wow. I'd never heard of her before and just spent the past couple hours finding out more. Bit of a rabbit hole!

    She's got some really interesting vids. The ones where she does get into personal stuff were very eye-opening and thought-provoking.

    The mess between her and Vice is awful, along with everything that's happened since. I hope she's doing ok these days.

    Impossible_PhD, to random
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    Okay, so, odd question:

    I've been struggle-bussing a bit over the last few days about struggling to find a home for my novel, and a lot of people have expressed interest. Obviously, since I'm trying to publish it, I can't share.

    I started a different novel shortly after finishing it. About 10,000 words done, but shelved indefinitely because I've got SGW and other stuff to write. I like it a lot, but I don't and won't have time in the foreseeable future to keep working on it.

    So... Wanna read?

    shaggyzed,
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    @Impossible_PhD Just finished reading this and all I could think was

    MOAR NAO PLZ.

    Only a couple of typos stuck out for me, worst offender being switching between "Rylice" and "Rilyce". This is a really great start!

    Impossible_PhD, to random
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    Well, it's been two months.

    Looks like my novel didn't make it with Bindery Books. 😢

    shaggyzed,
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    @Impossible_PhD Damn, that stucks. :blobhug2: At the very least they could say "sorry, we don't like this." Just getting crickets is the worst kind of rejection. "We didn't send a response because we don't even care."

    Impossible_PhD, to random
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    I managed to spear a nerve ending really squarely today when I did my injection. Been an hour and a half and it still hurts.

    pout

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    @Impossible_PhD Ouch, that sounds nasty. :blobhug2:

    If it helps, I must've read your "What to expect on injections" post half a dozen times by now. Just did my second E shot with no problems. 🥳

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    @rooster Hip Slider, too.

    Impossible_PhD, (edited ) to random
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    You haven't heard from me on the Cass Report because I'm busy at work, and halfway through the last of the Oh Shit articles. I haven't had a chance to read it in any detail.

    But from the skimming I've done, and even early scholarly rebuttals, it sure as hell looks like a textbook example of how to produce sham science, even independent of its impact on trans kids' lives.

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    @Impossible_PhD They don't even care at this point. They hate us beyond all reason. They just want us to not exist. Fuck 'em. (yes I'm very angry about this atm)

    Impossible_PhD, to nonbinary
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    Of all the comings-out we have to do as trans folks, telling our parents is one of the very hardest. What it even means to be trans has changed so much that it can be incredibly hard to even get them to understand what your gender is.

    This week on , we've got "Oh, s#!t, my child just told me they're trans," a guide meant to be handed off to parents of trans teens and adult children, to help them get there.

    https://stainedglasswoman.substack.com/p/oh-st-my-child-just-told-me-theyre

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    @Impossible_PhD This post hit me hard, not so much because of the subject, but your description of frustration at finding nice clothes/shoes that fit. Gods but I know that all too well. :hug:

    Another great column as usual!

    Impossible_PhD, to random
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    ...huh. When did that happen?

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    @Impossible_PhD Estrogen's a helluva fuckin' drug, innit?

    Impossible_PhD, (edited ) to random
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    Holy shit. I just talked a cis guy on the internet down from "Let kids be kids" and got him to see why gender-affirming care for teens absolutely cannot wait.

    This is one of my greatest achievements. I have a legitimate urge to take a victory lap.

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    @Impossible_PhD Damn. That was frikkin' perfect. And I feel that description so much, especially about shoe sizes. I'm a 14 in women's sizing. I have three pairs of Pleasers, only one of which really fit me properly. Sigh. :blobcatcry: :blobcatangry:

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    @rooster They look great! Can't wait to see the finished work.

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    @rooster I'm the nerdy computer kid from the 80s who gets shoved into the lockers.

    Impossible_PhD, to random
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    A friend of mine is getting ready for her FFS and was nervous about whether her forehead reconstruction would live up to her hopes. So, I decided to take a photo in strict profile, so show her my before, the virtual FFS mockup they gave me, and what they actually achieved.

    I realized afterwards that this was the first Pic in profile I'd taken since my FFS.

    And I was blown away, because what they actually achieved was beyond even my wildest hopes and dreams, brought on by the preview.

    image/jpeg

    shaggyzed,
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    @Impossible_PhD A trans streamer I watch regularly had FFS about a month ago and the changes, while subtle, are just... big WOW.

    Impossible_PhD, to random
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    Okay so

    I love rpgs, I'm a final fantasy girl, and ff7 was an absolutely formative game for me.

    Except for the Honeybee Brothel. Which was scarring. To this day, drag makes me deeply uncomfortable at best.

    I have not played the ff7 remake game because of it. Friends, including transfem friends, have told me that the new Honeybee scene is vastly better and reviews call it a celebration of queerness and just

    I keep seeing a man in a dress being made into an object of gawking.

    shaggyzed,
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    @Impossible_PhD It's not just you. I've seen both the original and remake of FF7, and that scene in particular. They both bother me in similar ways. The dance scene/minigame that Cloud does with someone there was done well though.

    I'm still unlearning the lessons I was taught by media portrayals of gender-diverse people in the 70s and 80s. On an intellectual level I have no problem with drag - it is an art form! But I still have that instinctive "eww" reaction sometimes. That's on me. 😦

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    @Impossible_PhD What's interesting to me is the reception of those scenes by the person streaming the game and much of the chat also watching. Almost everyone there was younger than me by 10+ years. They absolutely loved the whole thing. It was a bit infectious, to be honest. I also learned early on how much of a meme feminized Cloud is in the trans community, so I'm not too surprised.

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    @Impossible_PhD I get it, believe me. :blobcathug: I still worry about people just seeing me as some middle-aged man in "drag" (i.e., plain old fem clothing).

    Drag-based reality shows (which are ok per se) have contributed to that cultural view, I think, because that's part of the media consumed by the majority. For many, that becomes the lens through which they view all gender-diverse people: femininity as performance, without any nuance or context.

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    @Impossible_PhD I remember when I used to read a lot of TG fanfic, I avoided almost all of the forced-fem stuff. I didn't like it at all. But I think a lot of people do go for that particular fantasy, which is fine by itself. Maybe that has something to do with the different reaction from a lot of the younger crowd. Perhaps they see a bit of themselves in Cloud's situation?

    I am totally talking out of my rear at this point, so take that all as you will.

    shaggyzed,
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    @Impossible_PhD You know, this is starting to sound like a good topic for a future SGW post. 😉

    Impossible_PhD, (edited ) to random
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    So, Uhhh...

    Abigail Thorn sure does have a hoodie on in her preview for the next PT. It's, um... got an image.

    Either this is an esoteric reference to a sci fi thing I've missed, or it's a pretty clear reference to a kink thing that's hard to miss.

    And if so, good for her for living out loud!

    shaggyzed,
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    @Impossible_PhD I caught the vid last week on Nebula. It was great, and a great collab too!

    Don't feel bad about the reference - I don't really know what it is, either! But Abi could probably wear a burlap sack in her vids and still look amazing...

    Impossible_PhD, (edited ) to random
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    If you call yourself an ally, no you fucking aren't.

    As a member of a priveleged group who wishes to do the work of allyship on behalf of an oppressed group, you need to understand that it is a thankless job, and you will suffer for it. The only reward you will ever have is the satisfaction at seeing oppression being pushed back.

    If you claim "ally" for yourself, it's stolen valor, and a real ally is evident in their work. Nobody who is an ally describes themselves as such.

    shaggyzed,
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    @Impossible_PhD These days I tell people we need accomplices, not allies. When I'm asked about the difference, I tell them this:

    Allies are like cheerleaders on the sidelines. They root for you but don't really get involved. Accomplices play alongside you on the field. They have skin in the game. They're willing to get and give hurt, if needed.

    We need more accomplices - people willing to put their power, privilege, and bodies at risk when supporting us. We have plenty of cheerleaders already.

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